It also observed that out of three possible modes of carrier selection -- call-by-call section (CS), Carrier Pre-Selection (CPS) and calling-cards -- the first one offers the maximum flexibility and convenience to the consumer.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) plans to further liberalise the wireline market through its carrier pre-selection (CPS) policy, and Du hopes to take advantage.
Dubai: The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) saidaon Saturday it expects lower phone tariffs in 2009 as it has directed service providers du and etisalat to make network adaptations in order to provide Carrier Pre-Selection Service (CPS) in the fixed line telephone.
Among the measure proposed are Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), which would give other operators access to Batelco's last mile' to encourage competition in voice and broadband markets; the introduction of carrier pre-selection, so that consumers can chose the lowest cost route for a call on a call by call basis; and number portability for fixed and mobile so that consumers can change provider and keep their numbers.
Nevertheless, it has lost approximately nine million fixed-line customers in the last five years and, although part of the downturn can be attributed to the replacement of traditional telephone lines with alternative forms of access (such as broadband connections and mobile phones), a healthy proportion of customers are clearly migrating to other carriers and service providers, among them KDDI (which has launched a carrier pre-selection service under the national MYLINE scheme as well as a direct access service dubbed Metal Plus).
